my disclaimer is as such: I do not own Sailor Moon. I wish I did but I don't. I am just borrowing the characters for your entertainment.
Serena yawned and stretched in her bed, silky gold locks everywhere. Luna snored slightly from her windowsill bed, curled into a tight ball to stay warm.
"Luna, wake up," Serena grumbled, tossing a pillow at her. Luna screeched and fell from the sill into a heap on the floor. Serena started rifling through her clothes for something suitable to wear for her date with Daren today. Out of nowhere, Luna dashed out the door. Serena looked the way Luna exited, curious. Slipping on a coat, she followed Luna's path to find herself trailing the cat to the nearby park. "Luna, wait up! What's wrong?" Serena caught up with Luna to find a crater in the middle of the park. In the middle of the crater was the most beautiful jewel she had ever seen. It seemed like it had an image engraved or burned on it.
"It can't be," Luna finally gasped. Serena looked down at Luna.
"What is it?" Luna slid down into the hole and retrieved the jewel. With some difficulty, she climbed out and deposited the jewel at Serena's feet. The engraved image was easier to see now. It looked to be the head of a dragon.
"This," Luna started, pawing the jewel closer to Serena, "is a Zodiac Crystal. Apparently, this belongs to the Zodiac Child of the Dragon."
"Zodiac Child?"
"The Children of the Zodiac are twelve warriors who fight the battles they wish to, on the side they choose. Think of them as independently affiliated, if you will. One Child is stronger than all the Sailor Scouts put together. The last time they were seen was fighting the Negaforce outside our solar system. The story told was they were destroyed by each other because half were with the Negaforce and half were against them. But to have this jewel fall to Earth is not a good sign. Let's go visit Rei and see if she can 'see' something using the Zodiac Dragon's Crystal." Serena nodded, carefully storing the shimmering jewel in her pocket.
Rei jolted awake in a cold sweat. She couldn't hold onto what she saw but it wasn't good, whatever it was. All that stuck was a dragon's head and unbearable flames.
What was that? she thought, rubbing her head. I can normally hold onto my visions. Why not this one? Her thoughts were interrupted by a knocking on her door. If this is Chad bugging me... Or worse, Meatball Head... She slid open her door to reveal Ami, Mina, Serena, and Luna. Oh great... "Hi guys. What's up?" she asked, appearing to be carefree. "We aren't meeting to go shopping for another few hours."
"We need you to try to see a vision with a focus other than fire," Luna offered in. Ami held up the crystal. "We thought you would be able to since it is associated with a dragon." Rei stared at the jewel and the dragon's head from last night flashed through her mind. Reaching out, she touched the crystal and was immediately in a different place.
A red-haired girl falls to the ground, beaten and bloody. The jewel flashes from her choker as she shakily gets back up. Her arm hangs limp and she drags her leg as she advances on the unseen force before her. Bodies litter the area. Five other people with chokers like hers but with broken jewels. Raising her good arm, she calls out in what little voice she had left.
"Dragon's Breath, Explode!" A shimmering dragon's head appears behind her. Opening its jaws wide, it races through the girl to be in front of her. Pale and sweaty, she collapses to the ground as white flames roar towards the force. Screams echo from the flames as the girl looks in Rei's direction. "Find our heirs. They are born beneath the unnamed star." Dragging herself to the other people, she tears her choker off and uses the energy in it to repair the other ones. She tosses them all in Rei's direction and falls to the ground, the last of her strength gone. Death steals her as Rei fades back to the real world.
All the others were crowded around Rei. It seemed she had collapsed while she had been thrown into that vision.
"What did you see, Rei?" was all everyone asked. But it seemed to be spoken from miles away. Rei slowly got to her feet and managed to sit down on her bed. Everyone watched her intently for an answer.
"A girl. She used fire not even Sailor Mars could stand. She said to find the heirs near the unnamed star." Rei turned to Luna. "What is the unnamed star?"
"The unnamed star is a term used by people outside this solar system for the Sun. The Sun is the 'heart star' for the thirteenth Zodiac symbol. Each child comes from such a star in each formation. It's what grants them the ability to find their Crystal." Luna looks at Serena. "The Emperium Crystal is the Zodiac Crystal of the Butterfly. But it was never brought into that power because it was unneeded before. It only can be brought out by another Crystal in the hands of its Child. We must find the Dragon's Heir before something bad happens."
"Okay," Serena nodded. She got a few steps away from Rei's door to have a nasty, ugly creature land in front of her. "Ahhh!" She fell backwards as the monster bore down on her.
"Hand over the crystal, human. I know it's here," it snarled, drool spiraling from its mouth.
"Not a chance!" Serena transformed into Sailor Moon. "You're not getting that crystal if I can help it."
"The Butterfly Crystal!" The monster pounced on Sailor Moon, attempting to rip the Emperium Crystal from her chest. A flying figure collided with the monster's head. It yelped in pain and spun on its attacker.
"Sorry I'm late guys. I just got the message," Sailor Jupiter said. She sent him with a roundhouse kick into a tree. "Get him now, Sailor Moon!"
"Right." Sailor Moon tried to charge up her scepter but it just wouldn't respond. "I can't attack like normal!" Thinking fast, she grabbed her tiara. "Moon Tiara Magic!" It locked straight with the beast's jaw. Yowling in pain, it retreated from the shrine. Sailor Moon and Jupiter de-transformed. "On time as always, Lita."
"Yeah, well. If I wasn't, Rei would've filled in for me," Lita chuckled. "So, what's with the cryptic message?"
"We need to find the person this jewel reacts with before someone else does," Luna said. Just then, Artimis finally showed up.
"What jewel?" he asked. Luna pawed the crystal over. "That's not a Zodiac Crystal, is it?" Luna just nodded. "Then Luna's right. We need to find this person pronto."
"Okay!" The group heads out to find someone the jewel reacts to.
A man glides in to kneel before a throne. He's gorgeous, blood ruby hair shading swirling stormy eyes. The low light plays across his bare, muscular chest and faded blue jeans.
"Our monster was unsuccessful from taking the Dragon Crystal from the humans. It didn't know that one would be the Child of the Butterfly. Would you like me to personally retrieve it, your highness?" he asked in a mellow baritone.
"No. Not yet. Let the monster finish his job first. I've needed to get rid of him anyway," responded a seductive female voice. Its owner was draped in shadows, shadows that melded, twisted, and danced to a hypnotic melody that plays only for the people of the night. A delicate hand reached out and five crystals floated above it. Each was engraved with a different creature. "Six in service, five trapped. Just two left so there's no rush. Now is there, Doyle?"
"None at all," Doyle replied, looking up to light a mind-melting smile for her, "Queen Isis."